Bug#233204: xdm: please readd LockPidFile behaviour
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:44:24PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> Package: xdm
> Version: 4.2.1-00woody.16
That's a pretty old version now...
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The patch 002_xdm_fixes.diff (at least the version
> 714 2003-10-25 01:35:48Z branden in 4.2.1-16) removes the ability
> to lock the PID-file. (The part within the "if (lockPidFile)") and
> instead stops starting if there is any file at all. This causes xdm
> to not restart when it terminated abnormally or otherwise left
> the pid-file. (Which is does very often here.)
Well, it looks like this patch is no longer distributed with the
package.
Are you still experiencing the issue with current version ?
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Julien Viard de Galbert <julien@vdg.blogsite.org>
http://silicone.homelinux.org/ <julien@silicone.homelinux.org>
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